News about Putrajaya

KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): Damansara lawmaker and special officer to the finance minister Tony Pua revealed yesterday that ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pictured) “not entirely lying” when he disputed Putrajaya's figures on the price tag of the LRT3 project, the Malaysiakini news portal reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): The Republic of Singapore has asked Putrajaya to provide a written response to clarify Malaysia’s position on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project by July 31, Bernama reported The Straits Times saying yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): Putrajaya will honour all contracts linked to the RM29 billion, 2,325km Pan Borneo Highway mega project even as the government endeavours to shave the price tag, Works Minister Baru Bian (pictured) told The Edge recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Putrajaya has conceded that the sales and services tax (SST) system is not as transparent as the goods and services tax (GST), but stressed that the former is able to reduce Malaysian consumption tax by half.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): The sales and services tax (SST) to be reintroduced on Sept 1 is not expected to be significantly different from the one previously in place based on the government’s projection of full-year takings, according to tax experts.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Domestic users are the first priority for Putrajaya, which will utilise RM114 million from the Electricity Industry Fund (KWIE) to subsidise nearly 82% of residential power users in the second half of the year, according to Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment minister Yeo Bee Yin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): There were loads of gnashing of teeth as different parties bandied about how much can be slashed from the bill to build the light rail transit 3 (LRT 3) project.

SERI KEMBANGAN (Jul 11): Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has announced that the overall progress of the MRT Sungai Buloh Serdang Putrajaya (SSP) Line (MRT2) is now close to 30% as at early July 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): It has been a long time coming and it will be revealed next week – the KL City Plan 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The Republic of Singapore is still waiting for an official reply from Malaysia about the status of the mega Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project.